Unspoken Depths: Dramatherapy and Dementia

Dramatherapy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicky Morris
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Day Hospital ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Client Group ◽  
Moderate Dementia ◽  
Subjective Study ◽  
Clark Moustakas ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

In the dual role of therapist and researcher, working in an NHS Day Hospital with a small group of clients with moderate dementia, my question was simple, yet perplexing: What could I learn from the paradox between the joyful energy of my Dramatherapy group and the intense sadness and confusion that seemed to exist on the periphery? A qualitative, heuristic approach was the most appropriate in respect of ethics and practicality. By using vignettes – in which client names were changed – as opposed to detailed case studies, I required neither written nor ongoing verbal consent – though spoke informally about it with my clients and their carers throughout the process. I followed the six stages of heuristic research described by Clark Moustakas and gathered data using the tools and techniques recommended. I created a personal log book and collated my official session notes on 20 clients seen between January and October 2009. Through the analysis of data, key themes arose: Fear and Stigma, Anger, and Self-Identity. This article may be most relevant to those working creatively with this client group, who find themselves confronted by a paradox of emotions, forced to confront personal fears and limitations. Whilst the need for further research is evident, my small and subjective study meets the minimal requirements of BADth's EPB/PBE guidelines (Dokter and Winn) and could compliment larger-scale studies using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

scholarly journals Interacción y debate en Twitter en las elecciones españolas de mayo de 2015: ¿promesa tecnológica o realidad virtual?

Obra digital ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 61-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neiky Machado Flores ◽  
Arantxa Capdevilla Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
New Parties ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Este artículo toma posición respecto al debate relacionado con la transformación de la comunicación política en escenarios virtuales y el papel de los partidos noveles en dichos cambios. Analiza si las campañas electorales en Twitter del PSOE y de Podemos, previas a las elecciones locales y autonómicas de 2015, aprovechan las potencialidades de interacción online o si mantienen códigos de los medios tradicionales. Para responder a los objetivos, recurre a dos programas informáticos, creados para la descarga automática de tuits y para procesar cuantitativamente los datos. Además se aplican métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos en el análisis de los resultados. Interaction and discussion on Twitter in the Spanish elections of May 2015: technological promise or virtual reality? Abstract In this paper, we take a position regarding the debate on the transformation of political communication in virtual environments and the role of new parties in these changes. We analyse whether the election campaigns of PSOE and Podemos on Twitter, before the local and autonomous elections of 2015, exploited the potential of online interaction or if traditional media codes were maintained. To meet the objectives, we use two programmes: one to automatically download tweets, and another to process the data quantitatively. We also apply quantitative and qualitative methods for analysing the results. Keywords: elections, campaign, Twitter, interaction, innovation  

Haushaltsökonomie und Sozietät

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Geiselhart
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Household Economics ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Collaborative Strategies ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Household economics and ‘Sozietät’. Collaborative strategies and economic organisation levels of rural households in Botswana. This article explains that a commonly supported livelihood strategy is not self-evident in rural households of Botswana. On the basis of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods the term ‘Sozietät’ is developed. The term describes the level of economic organisation and whether there is a collaborative strategy within a household. Individuals participate to different degrees and sometimes even distance themselves from the household they live in. It is assumed that resources flow alongside of responsibility lines which are more or less imperative through cultural norms. In the wake of social change such norms might not be met any more. In this respect especially the role of agricultural production was found to change in the rural villages assessed.

scholarly journals High School EFL Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Pictures in Pre-Reading Stage

2021 ◽  
pp. 267-284
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Yen Phuong ◽  
Nguyen Huynh Trang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This descriptive study aims to investigate EFL teachers’ perceptions toward the use of pictures in pre-reading stage as well as the role and the possible difficulties of using picture in pre-reading stage that they may gain. The current study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect the data via questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with the participation of 30 teachers in different high schools in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam and six out of the teachers were invited to participate in the interviews. There are some main following findings. First, EFL teachers highly appreciated about the role of pictures in pre-reading stage. Second, the participants revealed there were some possible difficulties that prevent English teachers from using pictures in pre-reading stage.

scholarly journals Konsensus Pakar Terhadap Elemen Falsafah Bahasa Untuk Penyatupaduan Nasional

Sains Insani ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Mohd Khaidir Abdul Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Philosophy ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
National Integration ◽  
The Third ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Consensus Expert

This study focuses on an expert consensus on the elements of the philosophy of language for national integration in Learning and Facilitation (PdPc) language. About 23 experts in the field of philosophy of language, Malay, Education, Sociology and Socio-Cultural determined to become informants in this study. The combination of quantitative and qualitative methods implemented in this study. In the first round of this study through interview protocol to seek the views of experts in the field of philosophy of language, philosophy of language elements expected potential for national integration. The results of this first round will be organized thematically before being sent to the informant for the second round and the third consisting of experts in the Malay language, education, sociology and socio-cultural. The results of the second round and the third is to get the median and interquartile range (JAK). The results showed that 7 themes and 35 elements of the philosophy of language for national integration has been established and agreed upon by the 23 experts after three rounds of Delphi. Overall findings related to the expectations of the themes and elements of language philosophy that seeks to create national integration is able to expand the scope and role of language philosophy of focusing only on the field of language education to national integration efforts.Keywords: Consensus; Expert; Language Philosophy; Malay Language; National Integration Abstrak: Kajian ini memfokuskan tentang konsensus pakar terhadap elemen falsafah bahasa untuk penyatupaduan nasional dalam Pembelajaran dan Pemudah Cara (PdPc) bahasa Melayu. Seramai 23 orang pakar dalam bidang falsafah bahasa, bahasa Melayu, Pendidikan, Sosiologi dan Sosiobudaya telah dipilih untuk menjadi informan kajian ini . Gabungan kaedah kuantitatif dan kualitatif diimplementasikan dalam kajian ini. Dalam pusingan pertama kajian ini dijalankan melalui protokol temu bual untuk mendapatkan pandangan pakar dalam bidang falsafah bahasa tentang elemen falsafah bahasa yang dijangkakan berpotensi untuk penyatupaduan nasional. Dapatan dari pusingan pertama ini akan disusun secara tematik sebelum dihantar kepada informan untuk pusingan kedua dan ketiga yang terdiri daripada pakar dalam bidang bahasa Melayu, Pendidikan, Sosiologi dan Sosiobudaya. Dapatan daripada pusingan kedua dan ketiga adalah untuk mendapatkan median dan Julat Antara Kuartil (JAK). Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan 7 tema dan 35 elemen falsafah bahasa untuk penyatupaduan nasional telah dibentuk dan disepakati oleh 23 orang pakar setelah melalui tiga pusingan Delphi. Pada keseluruhannya dapatan berkaitan jangkaan terhadap tema dan elemen falsafah bahasa yang berupaya untuk mewujudkan penyatupaduan nasional ini mampu memperluaskan skop dan peranan falsafah bahasa daripada bidang yang hanya berfokus kepada pendidikan bahasa kepada usaha penyatupaduan nasional.Kata kunci: Konsensus; Pakar; Falsafah Bahasa; Bahasa Melayu; Penyatupaduan Nasional

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON MOBILE LEGENDS: BANG-BANG (MLBB) AS MEDIUM TO LEARN ENGLISH

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-38
Author(s):  
Dewi Christa Kobis ◽  
Michel Farrel Tomatala
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Effective Medium ◽  
Training Center ◽  
Freshmen Students ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This study aims to know students’ perceptions on the role of Mobile Legends: Bang-Bang (MLBB) as the medium to learn English. This study explores MLBB as a possible training center where all skills which are necessary to learn English such as vocabulary, listening, reading, writing and speaking had been learned through the process of playing the game. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods where questionnaire and interviews are employed to find the answers for all research questions. The respondents of this study were 31 freshmen students in STMIK Multicom Bolaang Mongondow who took Information Technology as their major. This study found that the majority of respondents perceive MLBB as an effective medium to learn English. 58.1% claimed that MLBB enriched their vocabulary, 61.3% claimed that MLBB helps them in listening practice, 58.1% claimed that they can read and spell English well after playing MLBB, 48.4% claimed that MLBB helps them in writing, and 67.7% claimed that MLBB helps improving their English pronunciation and speaking skill. 

scholarly journals Digital Movement of Opinion Mobilization: SNA Study on #Dirumahaja Vs. #Pakaimasker

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Edy Prihantoro ◽  
Fajar Rizali Rakhman ◽  
Rizky Wulan Ramadhani
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Network System ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This study examines the role of #PakaiMasker and #DirumahAja hashtags on Twitter on shaping the mobilization of digital opinion support, measuring the effectiveness of the comparison of a network, actors between hashtags, and digital opinions. The theory used was Digital Movement of Opinion by looking at the level of actors and systems. The method used in this research is a mixture combining quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitatively, this research looks at the communication networks from the sample of 2,000 tweet data: 1000 tweet data #PakaiMasker with 259 actors and 334 and 1000 tweet data #DirumahAja with 359 actors and 283 relationships using netlytic and gephi. Meanwhile, qualitatively, the researchers analyzed text that described and explained social networks. The results showed #DirumahAja was more able creating mobilization compared to #PakaiMasker. The success of the #DirumahAja was due to its extensive network system that able to reach actors using Twitter in giving their opinions regarding health campaigns during Covid-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Efficacy of Aphasia Rehabilitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-143
Author(s):  
Zhanna Paylozyan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Verbal Intelligence ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Speech Rehabilitation ◽  
Environment Effects ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This paper aims to test the influence of premorbid verbal intelligence on the nature of aphasia and spontaneous speech recovery and to study the role of a micro-social environment on the effectiveness of speech rehabilitation. The quantitative and qualitative methods of analyses as well as special parameters to determine characteristics of the communicative-speech environment and the degree of its influence on the process of speech recovery were selected. A total of 65 patients with aphasia have been selected to study the effect of multilingualism on the efficacy of speech therapy. Family members of 150 patients with aphasia were interviewed to find out the micro-social environment effects on the process of aphasia rehabilitation and to inquire about a correlation between the degrees of involvement of the patient's environment in the process of speech therapy. The factor of multilingualism and factor of the communicative-speech environment are interrelated with each other and the choice and appropriate use of language by the patients with aphasia need to be controlled from the outside.

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